Stratus nebulosus is a species of low-level stratus cloud. It is one of two species of stratus clouds, the other being fractus. Translated from Latin meaning , their cloud abbreviations can be respectively written as âÂÂSt nebâÂÂ. For a cloud to be classified as nebulosus, there has to be zero sign of detail in the cloud.
Low-level fog is an example of stratus nebulosus. Its usual appearance is a sheet of gray sitting above the ground. Very dense fog can be classified as stratus nebulosus opacus, which translates to a stratus cloud that has no detail and is dark enough to block out sunlight. Stratus nebulosus clouds are commonly paired with cloud varieties opacus (opaque) and translucidus (see-through) and can produce precipitation (praecipitatio) on occasion.
The nebulosus cloud species is common, and more commonly found in stratus cloud formations relative to cirrostratus clouds.